Singalong! My Number by Tegan and Sara

Ever since Tegan and Sara started to become superstars of sweet alt-pop, I have been really enjoying listening to their original tunes from This Business of Art. Maybe it's the hipster in me (I loved them way back when!), or maybe I am simply continuing to take refuge in the music of my youth and the nostalgic melancholy that brings, I don't know. Still, here is one of my fave OG Tegan and Sara songs.

Also! I forgot how excited I was to see her wear a Tim Hortons shirt on David Letterman! Also! David Letterman! He was still on TV then!

MY NUMBER

by Tegan and Sara

Showers pounding out a new beat

I trade my old shoes for new feet

I grab a new seat

I don't like the one I got

The fabric's wearing through

And it's wearing me out

You're wearing me down

Watching old baseball games

And low budget telethons

Ain't like watching you yourself

When you yourself is on

Got time to wander to waste and to whine

But when it comes to you

It seems like I just can't find the time

So watch your head and then watch the ground

It's a silly time to learn to swim

When you start to drown

It's a silly time to learn to swim

On the way down

If I gave you my number

Would it still be the same

If I saved you from drowning

Promise me you'll never go away

Promise me you'll always stay

Closed down the last local zoo

I'm gonna win the endless war

Over who kills the last koala bear

And who in death will love him more then I

He grabs me by the hand

Drags me to the shore

And says maybe you don't love me

But you'll grow to love me even more

And I well I'm not surprised

If I gave you my number

Would it still be the same

If I saved you from drowning

Promise me you'll never go away

Promise me you'll always stay

Photo credit: Joanna Hemingway via Foter.com / CC BY-NC

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